[sliverstorm]

She wanted to take the deal; she just needed them to give her a reason.

It seems disingenuous for her to complain about it later.

[brown9-2]

If you are naive and you accept a crappy offer from someone, it's not disingenuous for you years later to point out that it was a crappy offer and you were naive, as a lesson to others. The author flat-out states that she did not know much about negotiating at the time.